BRITISH CAPTURE POSITION ON THE ANCRE.
jjl SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS ON BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER. . _«««_ H GROUND HELD AGAINST a GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK |ffe- ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. jjgr Australian sad N.Z. Cable. (Received 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We conducted a successful operation . on both backs of the Ancre this morning, and made considerable / X " progress. We attacked south of the river, and captured positions , v; : on a. front of a mile and a-half opposite the villages of Miraumont ~ and Petit Miraumont, and penetrated over 1000 yds. We advanced . -;- J ' our zone to within a few hundred yards of Petit Miraumont. North ' .f of the river we captured an important position on the upper slopes ' |i*Tof.the spur northwards of Baillescourt Farm, on a front of 1000 yds. We successfully repulsed a counter-attack. The enemy's losses were Wm heavy."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16468, 19 February 1917, Page 7
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141BRITISH CAPTURE POSITION ON THE ANCRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16468, 19 February 1917, Page 7
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